Culinary time-indicator.



' v I r I I 110., 889,421. PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908;

s. s. WOLFE.

CULINARY TIME INDICATOR. AFPLIOATIOH FILED x4127, 1901.

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A TTORNE Y5 UNITED s'rATEs PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL SEGTON WOLFE, OF ROBERT LEE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JOHN "BRADLEY AND DYE-FOURTH T0 MARY D. BRADLEY, BOTH OF GOLD SPRINGS, OKLA- HOMA CULINARY TIME-INDICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.Patented June 2,1908.

To all whom it may com. It:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Sacron WOLFE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Robert Lee, in the county of Coke and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Culinary Time-Indicator, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates toa mechanism for automatically removing from a 'source of heat, a vessel containing li uid after a certain uantity of said liqui has been evaporate The object of the invention is to provide a device disposed to be attached to or near a c-ool rs'tove, or other heat generator, and connected to a vessel-containing,fo0d or any other substance to be cooked or heated by immersion in a liquid, such as water, and afiera certain quantity of the liquid has been lost by eve oration, to automatically remove the vessel rom the source of heat, ring a bell. and. close the o ening in the top of the stove if such fornrof ieat generator is used.

"Nith this and other objects in view, the invention consists of the'novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Fi ure 1 is a perspective view of the improve time indicator applied'to a cooking stove. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of the tripping and alarm mechanism. Fi 3 is a view, enlar ed, of another detai of the invention.

iinilar numerals of reference are used for the same parts on all the figure... I

In the embodiment of the device illustrated in the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a cooking stove with a flat top 2 having the usual openings therethrough closed by lids or cover plates 3.

Removably attached by any suitable means to one edge of the stove top 2 is a horizontal bar 4, to one end of which is hinged a standard 5, by means of a pinor bolt 6, and adapted to be turned down from the u right posltion shown in the drawing, to lie at on the stove or bar 4. The hinge connection between the bar 4 and the standard 5 will be of any approved construction, but for the purpose of illustration, 8. pin or bolt 6 18 here used for the pivot, and when raised to upright position, the standard is held so bya cotter pin or other fastening 7.

The to of the standard 5 is provided with S5 a'vertica pintle 8 on which a lever 9 is adapted to swim both in a vertical and a horizontal direction by means of a form of. universal ongitudinal, tapered slot 10 in the lever,

longer at the top than at the bottom where it rests on a collar 1.1 at the base of the intle. The outer end of the lever carries a 5 iding weight 12 having a thumb'screw 13 to secure the weight 'in any position thereon.

Suspended from the inner end of the lever9 by a chain 14 is a hook 15 on which is hungthe bail of a suitable cooking utensil 16.

Fastened to the end of the bar 4 opposite the standard 5 is a frame 17 in which 18 journaled a grooved wheel or spool 18. Projecting from one of the flanges of said wheel or.

spool are a number of teeth or pins 19 which, when said wheel or spool is rotated, engage the tail of a striking lever 20, pivoted .to the frame 17, andcause it to ring a bell 21. Depending from the frame 17 is an inclined support 22, on which a weight 23 is, at certaintimes, adapted to rest in unstableequilibrinin, being held thereon by a chain, wire, or other flexible connection 24 fastened thereto,

and which passes around the grooved wheel or spool 18, and extends to the-extreme outer end of the lever 9 to which it is secured.

In using the apparatus, food to be cooked is placed in the vessel 16 and the required amount of water added thereto. The weight ioint which, in this case, consists of a vertical,

12 on the lever 9 is then adjusted to counterbalance the vessel and its contents. One of the stove lids 3, if necessary, is then removed and the vessel placed over the opening. Should it be desired to close the opening as soon as the vessel is taken away, a chain 25 with a hook at each end is connected to the vessel orto some suitable "part of the .apparatus, and to the stove lid, the latter so placed that when the vessel is removed the 11d will be drawn by the chain over the opening.

' reduced in uantity by evaporation, and as soon as a sui icient weight of water escapes in the form of steam, the weight 12 raises the vessel from the stove, lowers the outer end whole operation of the invention dependnow released from restraint, fahs, pulling the cord 24 and the lever 9, causing the latter to turn on the pintle Sand entire y remove the i vessel from the stove, and'at the same time, through the medium of the chain 25, drawing the lid 3 over the o ning in the stove top 2. The descent of t e weight 23 rotates the spool 18 and the ins 19 thereon operate the striker and cause it to ring the bell21 in a manner well understood.

" This apparatus isequally applicable for cooking largeor small quantities or kinds of food and for a long or short period of time;

of water evaporated.

upon the quantit bed the invention what avin thus descri is claims is:'

1. In apparatus of the character described the combmation with a swiveled le ve r, and a sup ort therefor; .of utensil engaging uueans carried by the lever, ad'ustable means upon the lever for swingin t e lever vertically to raise the utensil an its contents when reduced to a predetermined weight, and nor-' mally supported gravity operated meansreleased by, said movement of the lever for automatically swin ing the lever and utensil horizontally immet iately subsequent to the rais' of the utensil.

2. apparatus of the character described the combination with a swiveled lever and a support therefor; of utensil engaging means. carried by the lever, means adyustably mounted upon the lever forswing' the lever vertically to raise the utensil an its con-' tents when the weight thereof is reduced to a predetermined amount, normally su ported gravity operated means released y said movement of the lever for automatically swinging the lever and utensil horrzrmJ-ally,

and a revoluble alarm actuating do 1.5 upa trip eviee at the opposite end of the bar I for restraining a source of power and a connection between said lever and the source of power.

4. An apparatus of the class described comprising a bar, a hinged standard on one end and a tri device on the opposite end,a lever interine 'ately supported on said standard car an adjustable Weight on one arm, an means on the-other arm for suspending a vessel adapted to hold. a liquid a weight formir a part of said trip device adapted to lie-held in unstable equilibrium, and a flexible connection. between said lever and sai l last mentioned weigh t.

5. An apparatus of" the class described comprising a bar, a standard hinged to one end, a lever pivoted tosaid standard by a swiveled connection intermediate its ends,

an adjustable weight carried by one arm of said lever, a suspending means for-a vessel adapted to hold liquid attached to the end of the other arm, a weight held in unstable equilibrium on an inclined sup ort, a flexible connectirm attached tosaid weight and to the wei hted u.-"!\ of said lever, and an alarm device operated by the fall of said weight.

In testimony that I- claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereunto affixed my signa-- ture in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL SEC'IOL? r FLFE.

Witnesses: I

W. P. Gnrwns, (,J. \F. llsCUP. 

